Jussie Smollett Paid Attackers $3,500…By Personal Check?!

According to Chicago Police, Jussie Smollett paid two brothers $3,500—by personal check—to stage a fake assault on him in January. The Empire actor had claimed two MAGA-hat-wearing white supremacists attacked him with a noose and bleach. On Thursday, Smollett was arrested for filing a false police report.